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Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz secured a confidence-boosting win in a regional election on the weekend that will allow him to claim popular support for his stance on the cost-of-living crisis and fuel shortages.
Germans in the coastal state of Lower Saxony headed to the polls Sunday in a closely-watched regional election seen as a test for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats amid an acute energy crisis.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz's centre-left party won a German state election Sunday, projections showed.
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The state's incumbent leader, Social Democrat Stephan Weil, is polling slightly ahead of his conservative rival. But Berlin's energy policy could sway voters more than state issues.